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		MattyMc on March 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming ... user<->facebook<->otheruser is the exact OPPOSITE of end-to-end. There’s literally a middleman who can read your messages. Theyre sooooo dishonest.

KAKAN on April 1, 2024 [–]

Yeah, one of the “ends” being Facebook itself. It's “legal” as in it is indeed end-to-end encrypted in the same way Cloudflare-hosted websites are, but very shitty. I always thought Facebook did this, but having some confirmation bias is very nice indeed, lol.

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